Westside : STRONG, SILENT TYPE
A very impassive police officer was spotted sitting in his black-and-white in the Pico-Fairfax area recently.
And he wasn’t very smart either. In fact, the officer was a dummy, as in department store mannequin.
The faux cop, Officer Les, is the Westside traffic squad’s answer to a shortage of the real thing.
Los Angeles Police Sgt. John Hone said the dummy cop is a decoy used at various locations where there are dangerous traffic conditions.
“We’re doing more with Les,” LAPD Lt. Jim Miller said.
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